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Spring HOME & GARDEN Special Section
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Mayor Pro Tem Ward fields questions during town hall CodeNext concerns citizens BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Mayor Kyle Schlachter said to the crowd moments before Cominsky cut a red ribbon strung across the stairs leading to the bar’s double glass doors. The new Social Bar & Lounge is housed on the first floor of a three-story apartment building in Littleton Village. The development,
The microphone was in high demand at a town hall hosted by Mayor Pro Tem Steven Ward, where Englewood residents shared thoughts and frustrations about potential zoning changes that could increase housing density in traditionally single-family areas. The March 25 event, which lasted approximately three hours, was largely focused on the CodeNext project, which is an effort to update Englewood’s development code, called the Unified Development Code. This code details what types of development and property uses are permitted in certain sections, or zone districts, of the city. One of the ideas the council is considering as part of CodeNext is allowing for two-to-four-unit buildings — also referred to as duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes — to be built on some residential lots that exist within the city’s R-1 zone districts, as long as at least one of the units is more affordable. R-1 zone districts represent areas that have residential one-dwelling units, also known as single-family homes. According to the city’s code of ordinances, there are three types of R-1 zone districts:
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Steve and Dawn Cominsky of Social Bar & Lounge pause for a photo during the business’s ribbon-cutting celebration Feb. 1. PHOTO BY CALVIN LUDWIG
Social Bar & Lounge opens second location in Littleton Brings neighborhood feel BY RACHEL LORENZ SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
Soon after opening the first one, he knew he wanted a second, said Steve Cominsky, founder of Social Bar & Lounge. The business marked the launch
of its Littleton Village location with a celebration attended by one mayor, three city council members and scores of Littleton Business Chamber members and guests in February. The after-work crowd milled around the establishment’s U-shaped bar and admired its plush couches and colorful armchairs. “It looks just like Littleton Village’s living room in there,” Littleton
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